Friday, October 23, 2009

2009 ARTS AND HUMANITIES AWARDS HONOREES ANNOUNCED

2009 ARTS AND HUMANITIES AWARDS HONOREES ANNOUNCED


The Germantown Arts Alliance is please to announce our 2009 Arts and Humanities Awards honorees. Each year, the Germantown Arts Alliance (GAA) honors four individuals or groups who have made significant contributions in the areas of Literary Arts, Performing Arts, Visual Arts and Patrons of the Arts. Recipients are awarded bronze medals at a gala event. This year the recipients are:

· Delores Kinsolving – Patron of the Arts
· The Lugar Foundry – Visual Arts
· Dan McCleary – Performing Arts
· Perre MacFarland Magness – Literary Arts


This year’s gala will be held Friday, November 13th at 6:30 p.m., at the beautiful Clark Opera Memphis Center. The evening will celebrate the accomplishments of these wonderfully talented individuals born in or long-serving the Mid-South area. Members of the public are encouraged to attend. To receive an invitation or to make a donation, please contact the GAA directly at 901-757-9768.

Since 1993, over $900,000 has been contributed to various arts projects and arts groups in the Germantown community via the Arts Alliance. Every local public school receives GAA grants as well as many local arts organizations.

The Germantown Arts Alliance is an advocacy and funding organization whose mission is to promote, enrich and celebrate the community’s cultural arts environment.

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